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Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Parageyerella zhongliangshanensis was named by He and Zhu (1985). Its type specimen is CUMT 8121 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhongliang Hill, Chongqing City, which is in a Changhsingian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis by Shen and He (1994) and Shen and Shi (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Parageyerella zhongliangshanensis He and Zhu p. 202 figs. Pl 3, figs 4-9
1994Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis Shen and He figs. Pl 1, figs 13-26
2007Tropidelasma zhongliangshanensis Shen and Shi p. 35 figs. Pl 13, figs 6-27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusTropidelasma
specieszhongliangshanensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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